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mechanical rail signalling equipment and infrastructure maintenance requirements and techniques, safe working practices and relevant standards, codes and regulations, including:basic rail operations encompassing:rail terminologytrain dynamicsessentials of safe movement of trainspurpose of rail signallingrail signalling, regulations and codes encompassing:codes - philosophy and formathow to read and apply a codecodes that apply to rail signalling - relevant to a rail networktechnical manuals and catalogues encompassing:typical formathow to read and apply informationenvironmental and heritage awareness encompassing:purpose of environmental and heritage regulationtypical issues affecting electrotechnology services and systemsmeeting requirementsenterprise work activities records encompassing:purpose and extent of maintaining work activities records in an enterprisetypes of records for maintaining work activities in an enterprisemethods for recording and maintaining work recordswork records required by regulation requirementselectrical safe working practices encompassing:risk management and assessment of riskprinciple and purpose of risk managementprocesses for conducting a risk assessmenthazards associated with low voltage (LV), extra-low voltage (ELV) and high currentsarrangement of power distribution and circuits in an electrical installationparts of an electrical system and equipment that operate at LV and ELVparts of an electrical system and equipment where high currents are likelysafety, selection, use, maintenance and care of test equipmentsafety characteristics of electrical testing devicessafe use of electrical testing devicechecks and storage methods for maintaining the safety of testing devicesrail safe working practices encompassing:rail enterprise safety standards and proceduresrail safe working requirementspossessions protection and managementrail signalling, drawings and diagrams drawing types and applications encompassing:drawing layouts and conventionsdrawing symbolscable and equipment schedulesrail signalling principles - mechanical encompassing:overview of mechanical rail signallingpurpose of elements of a mechanical rail signalling system - signals, point actuating systems, locking and train detection systems, control input devices, indicators, diagrams and monitors, interlocking and safe working systemsrail signalling - mechanical equipment encompassing:equipment and their componentsoperating principlesservicing proceduresrail signalling - point actuating devices encompassing:equipment and their components - point machines, detectors, claw/clamp locks, swing nose mechanisms and in-bearer mechanismsoperating principlesservicing proceduresrail signalling - interlocking systems - mechanical encompassing:equipment and their componentsoperating principles and parametersservicing proceduresrail signalling - electro-pneumatic equipment encompassing:equipment and their components - compressors, air lines and control valvesoperating principles and parametersservicing proceduressafe working practices and relevant standards, codes and regulationsrelevant manufacturer specificationsrelevant WHS/OHS legislated requirementsrelevant workplace documentationrelevant workplace policies and procedures. |